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Baker V, Ataria J, Ankeny R, Bray H. Transdisciplinary science and the importance of Indigenous knowledge. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2024; 20:805-816. [PMID: 37772337 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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As we move ever closer to the brink of global environmental collapse, it is vital that we work collaboratively and collectively as global, national, and local communities to design multiscale change. Protecting future generations and reversing (or substantively slowing) the current trends require rapid sustainable progress at the required scale. It is more urgent than ever that we understand and more fully realize the power of transdisciplinary (Td) research to support sustainable practice. A defining factor of Td is the focus on collaboration and codesign and the extent that participation and attention to local context is integral to the knowledge building. Specifically, there is greater ability for community knowledge, values, and aspirations to influence and shape research inquiries to effect meaningful change in real-world decision-making and outcomes. Business-as-usual (BAU) approaches that perpetuate unequal knowledge sharing and dismiss other forms of knowledge beyond traditional science no longer suffice. Transdisciplinary approaches seek to achieve and support sustainable change, but the extent of transformation required to meet ecological protection and regenerative sustainability requires very different operating models for knowing and doing science than the limited traditions of positivist science. However, these powerful defaults and operating paradigms are more deeply ingrained than we might realize, and so challenges persist. This article illustrates how Td science differs from typical research paradigms, particularly in terms of the underlying epistemology; the focus on knowledge and/or power; attention to boundaries and scope; and the degree to which local knowledge, context, and community participation underpin the research process. Active conversations are required to better identify and overcome fundamental challenges for science and Td research approaches to support the necessary transformational change. Importantly, we suggest that Indigenous partnerships, knowledge, and values are vital in achieving the potential of Td research to provide transformational interventions to address complex social and environmental issues such as pollution. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;20:805-816. © 2023 SETAC.
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Affiliation(s)
- Virginia Baker
- Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR), Porirua, Aotearoa, New Zealand
- School of Humanities, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Cawthron Institute, Nelson, Aotearoa, New Zealand
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- School of Humanities, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Biological Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Schwoerer T, Schmidt JI, Berman M, Bieniek P, Farquharson LM, Nicolsky D, Powell J, Roberts R, Thoman R, Ziel R. Increasing multi-hazard climate risk and financial and health impacts on northern homeowners. AMBIO 2024; 53:389-405. [PMID: 37957445 PMCID: PMC10837396 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01951-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Currently, more than half of the world's human population lives in urban areas, which are increasingly affected by climate hazards. Little is known about how multi-hazard environments affect people, especially those living in urban areas in northern latitudes. This study surveyed homeowners in Anchorage and Fairbanks, USA, Alaska's largest urban centers, to measure individual risk perceptions, mitigation response, and damages related to wildfire, surface ice hazards, and permafrost thaw. Up to one third of residents reported being affected by all three hazards, with surface ice hazards being the most widely distributed, related to an estimated $25 million in annual damages. Behavioral risk response, policy recommendations for rapidly changing urban environments, and the challenges to local governments in mitigation efforts are discussed.
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- Tobias Schwoerer
- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 75734, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7340, USA.
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- Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK, 99509, USA
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- Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK, 99509, USA
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- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 75734, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7340, USA
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- Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7340, USA
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- Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7340, USA
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- Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, University of Alaska Southeast, 11066 Auke Lake Way, Juneau, AK, 99801, USA
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- Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK, 99509, USA
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- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 75734, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7340, USA
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- Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7340, USA
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Lösch L, Willems W, Bongers M, Timen A, Zuiderent-Jerak T. Kaleidoscopic integration: Advancing the integration of incommensurable knowledge in healthcare guidelines. Soc Sci Med 2023; 339:116360. [PMID: 37979492 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023]
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The integration of different types of knowledge in epistemically hierarchical settings remains one of the greatest challenges when developing standards for healthcare practices. In this article, we open up the notion of knowledge integration and empirically examine the various ways in which different types of knowledge interact and can be integrated. To allow us to focus on the diverse forms of knowledge as well as their interaction and integration, we combine Moreira's work on repertoires of evaluation with that of Dewulf and Bouwen on frame interactions. We examine the quest for knowledge integration by studying interactions in the case of the development of the COVID-19 vaccination guideline in the Netherlands, a prime example of the encounter of a wide range and diversity of knowledge that needs to be appraised and integrated into guideline recommendations. Drawing on ethnographic observations of more than 70 guideline development meetings between 2021 and 2022, we first map the different types of knowledge and reasonings used by the guideline developers and subsequently analyze their interactions. We identified eight knowledge interaction patterns, being disconnection, polarization, accommodation, incorporation, reconnection, reconciliation, passive juxtaposition, and kaleidoscopic integration. We hereby draw attention to the various possible knowledge interactions encompassed in the concept of "knowledge integration", especially to those in which integration is achieved while differences and incompatibilities are maintained. Finally, we discuss potential ways to facilitate fruitful knowledge interactions during collaborative work which include the ability to accept and sustain tensions between different types of knowledge and making more explicit use of frame or rather repertoire reflection.
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- Lea Lösch
- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3721 MA, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3721 MA, Bilthoven, the Netherlands; Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Yanou MP, Ros-Tonen MA, Reed J, Moombe K, Sunderland T. Integrating local and scientific knowledge: The need for decolonising knowledge for conservation and natural resource management. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21785. [PMID: 38027861 PMCID: PMC10679496 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Integrating Indigenous and local knowledge in conservation and natural resource management (NRM) initiatives is necessary to achieve sustainability, equity, and responsiveness to local realities and needs. Knowledge integration is the starting point for converging different knowledge systems and enabling knowledge co-production. This process is also a key prerequisite towards decolonising the research process. However, power imbalances may perpetuate dominant forms of knowledge over others, obstruct knowledge integration, and eventually cause the loss of knowledge of the marginal and less powerful knowledge holders. Despite increasing interest in knowledge integration for conservation, NRM, and landscape governance, documentation of integration processes remains fragmented and somewhat scarce. This semi-systematic literature review contributes to filling this gap by synthesising methods, procedures, opportunities, and challenges regarding integrating and decolonising knowledge for conservation and NRM in Southern Africa. The findings demonstrate that despite an increasing number of studies seeking to integrate Indigenous and local knowledge and scientific knowledge relevant to conservation and NRM, methods, procedures, and opportunities are poorly and vaguely documented, and challenges and colonial legacies are often overlooked. Documentation, valuing Indigenous and local knowledge, addressing power relations, and collaboration across knowledge systems are missing steps towards efficient knowledge integration. The paper concludes that there is a need for further research and relevant policies. These should address methods and implications for equitable knowledge integration processes and move beyond knowledge sharing and mutual learning towards decolonising knowledge for conservation and NRM.
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- Malaika P. Yanou
- Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
- School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, UK
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- Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Byrd KB, Matchett E, Mengelt C, Wilson TS, DiPietro D, Moritsch M, Conlisk E, Veloz S, Casazza ML, Reiter ME. Knowledge coproduction on the impact of decisions for waterbird habitat in a changing climate. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2023; 37:e14089. [PMID: 37021386 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Scientists, resource managers, and decision makers increasingly use knowledge coproduction to guide the stewardship of future landscapes under climate change. This process was applied in the California Central Valley (USA) to solve complex conservation problems, where managed wetlands and croplands are flooded between fall and spring to support some of the largest concentrations of shorebirds and waterfowl in the world. We coproduced scenario narratives, spatially explicit flooded waterbird habitat models, data products, and new knowledge about climate adaptation potential. We documented our coproduction process, and using the coproduced models, we determined when and where management actions make a difference and when climate overrides these actions. The outcomes of this process provide lessons learned on how to cocreate usable information and how to increase climate adaptive capacity in a highly managed landscape. Actions to restore wetlands and prioritize their water supply created habitat outcomes resilient to climate change impacts particularly in March, when habitat was most limited; land protection combined with management can increase the ecosystem's resilience to climate change; and uptake and use of this information was influenced by the roles of different stakeholders, rapidly changing water policies, discrepancies in decision-making time frames, and immediate crises of extreme drought. Although a broad stakeholder group contributed knowledge to scenario narratives and model development, to coproduce usable information, data products were tailored to a small set of decision contexts, leading to fewer stakeholder participants over time. A boundary organization convened stakeholders across a large landscape, and early adopters helped build legitimacy. Yet, broadscale use of climate adaptation knowledge depends on state and local policies, engagement with decision makers that have legislative and budgetary authority, and the capacity to fit data products to specific decision needs.
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- Kristin B Byrd
- Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, California, USA
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- Ecosystems Mission Area, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Conservation Biology Institute, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
- Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, California, USA
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- Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, California, USA
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- Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, California, USA
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Lobo J, Aggarwal RM, Alberti M, Allen-Dumas M, Bettencourt LMA, Boone C, Brelsford C, Broto VC, Eakin H, Bagchi-Sen S, Meerow S, D’Cruz C, Revi A, Roberts DC, Smith ME, York A, Lin T, Bai X, Solecki W, Pataki D, Tapia LB, Rockman M, Wolfram M, Schlosser P, Gauthier N. Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: opportunities to advance climate action. NPJ URBAN SUSTAINABILITY 2023; 3:32. [PMID: 37323541 PMCID: PMC10256966 DOI: 10.1038/s42949-023-00113-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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There is a growing recognition that responding to climate change necessitates urban adaptation. We sketch a transdisciplinary research effort, arguing that actionable research on urban adaptation needs to recognize the nature of cities as social networks embedded in physical space. Given the pace, scale and socioeconomic outcomes of urbanization in the Global South, the specificities and history of its cities must be central to the study of how well-known agglomeration effects can facilitate adaptation. The proposed effort calls for the co-creation of knowledge involving scientists and stakeholders, especially those historically excluded from the design and implementation of urban development policies.
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- José Lobo
- School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- Urban Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington USA
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- Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee USA
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- School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- Human Dynamics Section, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee USA
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- School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore, India
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- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit, EThekwini Municipality, Durban, Republic of South Africa
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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- Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Institute for Sustainable Cities, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York, USA
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- School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad, Instituto de Ecología, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland USA
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- Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida USA
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Yan Q. The use of climate information in humanitarian relief efforts: a literature review. JOURNAL OF HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 2023. [DOI: 10.1108/jhlscm-01-2022-0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art applications of climate information in humanitarian relief efforts, to further the knowledge of how climate science can be better integrated into the decision-making process of humanitarian supply chains.
Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review was conducted using a combination of key search terms developed from both climate science and humanitarian logistics literature. Articles from four major databases were retrieved, reduced and analyzed.
Findings
The study illustrates the status of application of climate information in humanitarian work, and identifies usability, collaboration and coordination as three key themes.
Originality/value
By delivering an overview of the current applications and challenges of climate information, this literature review proposes a three-phase conceptual framework.
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Carr Kelman C, Barton CJ, Whitman K, Lhoest S, Anderson DM, Gerber LR. Five approaches to producing actionable science in conservation. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2023; 37:e14039. [PMID: 36511152 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The knowledge produced by conservation scientists must be actionable in order to address urgent conservation challenges. To understand the process of creating actionable science, we interviewed 71 conservation scientists who had participated in 1 of 3 fellowship programs focused on training scientists to become agents of change. Using a grounded theory approach, we identified 16 activities that these researchers employed to make their scientific products more actionable. Some activities were more common than others and, arguably, more foundational. We organized these activities into 3 nested categories (motivations, strategies, and tactics). Using a co-occurrence matrix, we found that most activities were positively correlated. These correlations allowed us to identify 5 approaches, framed as profiles, to actionable science: the discloser, focused on open access; the educator, focused on science communication; the networker, focused on user needs and building relationships; the collaborator, focused on boundary spanning; and the pluralist, focused on knowledge coproduction resulting in valuable outcomes for all parties. These profiles build on one another in a hierarchy determined by their complexity and level of engagement, their potential to support actionable science, and their proximity to ideal coproduction with knowledge users. Our results provide clear guidance for conservation scientists to generate actionable science to address the global biodiversity conservation challenge.
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- Candice Carr Kelman
- Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- Office of University Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- Forest is Life, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- ASU School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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Fathima Mafaziya Nijamdeen TWG, Ratsimbazafy HA, Kodikara KAS, Ashara Nijamdeen TWGF, Thahira T, Peruzzo S, Dahdouh-Guebas F, Hugé J. Mangrove management in Sri Lanka and stakeholder collaboration: A social network perspective. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 330:117116. [PMID: 36584466 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Understanding the extent of collaboration among stakeholders is key to supporting mangrove management. Despite the existence of robust policies, collaboration among stakeholders of mangrove co-management remains largely unexplored in Sri Lanka. This was partly due to the civil war, natural disasters, and other socio-economic changes over the past 30 years. Our study aimed to identify the collaboration between stakeholders of mangrove management and their perceptions regarding mangrove co-management in Sri Lanka using social network analysis and content analysis. Surveys were conducted in all five coastal provinces of Sri Lanka. Stakeholders included in the study were from government departments, non-governmental organizations, and private institutes. Our results showed that there were differences between coastal provinces in the mangrove management networks, specifically in the number of stakeholders involved and their degree of collaboration. Some important stakeholders (for example the Land Use and Policy Planning Department) were excluded from the social networks in certain provinces (Eastern and Western provinces). There were various issues hampering effective mangrove management such as inefficient communication, inconsistencies between policies, and insufficient financial capacity of government stakeholders responsible for policy implementation. According to the stakeholders in our study, providing mangrove management initiatives with long-term collaboration, post-care, continuous monitoring, and funding may help to overcome these challenges. Additionally, we suggest the establishment of a common platform to coordinate stakeholders. We further encourage increasing the participation of academics, researchers, and students from national universities in the mangrove co-management of Sri Lanka. Insights from this island-wide survey can be adapted to mangrove and other natural resource management trajectories in other countries as well.
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- Thanne Walawwe Gedera Fathima Mafaziya Nijamdeen
- Systems Ecology and Resource Management Research Unit (SERM), Department of Organism Biology, Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, CPi 264/1, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.
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- Systems Ecology and Resource Management Research Unit (SERM), Department of Organism Biology, Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, CPi 264/1, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Blue Venture Conservation, Mezzanine, The Old Library, Trinity Road, St Jude's, Bristol, BS2 0NW, United Kingdom
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- Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Park Road, Tarland Kalan, Islamabad, 45550, Pakistan
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- Systems Ecology and Resource Management Research Unit (SERM), Department of Organism Biology, Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, CPi 264/1, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka; Ecology & Biodiversity, Laboratory of Plant Biology and Nature Management, Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB, Pleinlaan 2, VUB-APNA-WE, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Systems Ecology and Resource Management Research Unit (SERM), Department of Organism Biology, Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, CPi 264/1, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Ecology & Biodiversity, Laboratory of Plant Biology and Nature Management, Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB, Pleinlaan 2, VUB-APNA-WE, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Mangrove Specialist Group (MSG), Species Survival Commission (SSC), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom; Interfaculty Institute of Social-Ecological Transitions, Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, CPi 264/1, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Systems Ecology and Resource Management Research Unit (SERM), Department of Organism Biology, Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, CPi 264/1, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Ecology & Biodiversity, Laboratory of Plant Biology and Nature Management, Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB, Pleinlaan 2, VUB-APNA-WE, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Department of Environmental Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, Heerlen, 6419AT, the Netherlands; Centre for Environmental Science, Hasselt University, Hasselt, BE3500, Belgium
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Toomey A, Smith J, Becker C, Palta M. Towards a pedagogy of social-ecological collaborations: engaging students and urban nonprofits for an ecology with cities. Urban Ecosyst 2023; 26:425-432. [PMID: 36845165 PMCID: PMC9942029 DOI: 10.1007/s11252-023-01343-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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The concept of ecology with cities calls for a broader scope of participatory research and pedagogical tools for engagement with urban environmental issues. Projects that take an ecology with cities approach can provide opportunities for diverse audiences, including students, teachers, community members, and scientists, to participate in urban ecology, thus serving as potential steppingstones for further engagement. While there is increasing scholarship on the value of participatory approaches for increasing ecological literacy (e.g. citizen science), less has been written on the collaborative process of such experiences, particularly the social science aspects that can lead to successful outcomes and lessons learned. This paper describes a collaborative research project that engaged undergraduate students and community outreach staff of an urban nonprofit organization to better understand social uses and values associated with a public park located on the Harlem River in New York City. We explore the outcomes of the project for both students and staff, and provide reflections for educators interested in using a pedagogy of social-ecological collaborations in urban contexts. We argue that such an approach facilitates engagement between universities and community-based nonprofits to engage students in learning about the complexity, uncertainty, and value of urban ecosystem management. Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11252-023-01343-x.
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- Anne Toomey
- Department of Environmental Studies and Science, Pace University, One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038 USA
- Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West & 79th St., New York, NY 10024 USA
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- New York Restoration Project, 254 West 31st Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10001 USA
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- Department of Environmental Studies and Science, Pace University, One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038 USA
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- Department of Environmental Studies and Science, Pace University, One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038 USA
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Jiang F, Wang J, Zhang L, Luo J, Li L, Wu R. Community Environment Co-Production and Environmental Satisfaction of Older Urban Residents in Shanghai, China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:2684. [PMID: 36768050 PMCID: PMC9915174 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20032684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Many factors may affect the environmental satisfaction of elderly people, including their sense of involvement. This study examined the associations between community environment co-production and environmental satisfaction in older urban residents in China. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in four age-friendly communities in Shanghai, China. Co-production and environmental satisfaction were assessed through a self-developed questionnaire. General health status was measured through the EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS). Data on affective commitment for the community demographic and health-related factors were also collected. Multilevel linear regression was used to detect the associations. RESULTS In total, 480 older urban residents completed the survey. On average, the environment satisfaction score was 76.82/90, 8/10 for co-production, and 87.5/100 for EQ-VAS. Univariate analysis demonstrated environmental satisfaction was associated with educational background, party membership, physical activity, community location, age, sleep hours, co-production, affective commitment, and EQ-VAS. After controlling for confounding factors, the co-production score was significantly associated with higher environmental satisfaction (β = 4.68, p < 0.001). Multiple linear regression revealed that effective commitment for the community (β = 6.17, p < 0.001) and EQ-VAS (β = 0.06, p = 0.002) were also significantly associated with environment satisfaction. CONCLUSION Community environment co-production was positively associated with environmental satisfaction among older urban residents in Shanghai. Environmental co-production should be encouraged when developing age-friendly communities for the elderly.
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- Feng Jiang
- School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
- Institute of Healthy Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
- China Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
- Institute of Healthy Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
- China Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
- Institute of Healthy Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
- Institute of Healthy Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Senior Citizens Programs Development, 339 Luding Road, Putuo District, Shanghai 200062, China
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Seeking Consilience: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Social Science Contributions to Orca Conservation Knowledge. J Nat Conserv 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Ardoin NM, Bowers AW, Wheaton M. Leveraging collective action and environmental literacy to address complex sustainability challenges. AMBIO 2023; 52:30-44. [PMID: 35943695 PMCID: PMC9666603 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-022-01764-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Developing and enhancing societal capacity to understand, debate elements of, and take actionable steps toward a sustainable future at a scale beyond the individual are critical when addressing sustainability challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, biodiversity loss, and zoonotic disease. Although mounting evidence exists for how to facilitate individual action to address sustainability challenges, there is less understanding of how to foster collective action in this realm. To support research and practice promoting collective action to address sustainability issues, we define the term "collective environmental literacy" by delineating four key potent aspects: scale, dynamic processes, shared resources, and synergy. Building on existing collective constructs and thought, we highlight areas where researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can support individuals and communities as they come together to identify, develop, and implement solutions to wicked problems. We close by discussing limitations of this work and future directions in studying collective environmental literacy.
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- Nicole M Ardoin
- Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Graduate School of Education, and Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, 233 Littlefield Hall, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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- Social Ecology Lab, Graduate School of Education and Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, 233 Littlefield Hall, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Suite 226, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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Halpern BS, Boettiger C, Dietze MC, Gephart JA, Gonzalez P, Grimm NB, Groffman PM, Gurevitch J, Hobbie SE, Komatsu KJ, Kroeker KJ, Lahr HJ, Lodge DM, Lortie CJ, Lowndes JSS, Micheli F, Possingham HP, Ruckelshaus MH, Scarborough C, Wood CL, Wu GC, Aoyama L, Arroyo EE, Bahlai CA, Beller EE, Blake RE, Bork KS, Branch TA, Brown NEM, Brun J, Bruna EM, Buckley LB, Burnett JL, Castorani MCN, Cheng SH, Cohen SC, Couture JL, Crowder LB, Dee LE, Dias AS, Diaz‐Maroto IJ, Downs MR, Dudney JC, Ellis EC, Emery KA, Eurich JG, Ferriss BE, Fredston A, Furukawa H, Gagné SA, Garlick SR, Garroway CJ, Gaynor KM, González AL, Grames EM, Guy‐Haim T, Hackett E, Hallett LM, Harms TK, Haulsee DE, Haynes KJ, Hazen EL, Jarvis RM, Jones K, Kandlikar GS, Kincaid DW, Knope ML, Koirala A, Kolasa J, Kominoski JS, Koricheva J, Lancaster LT, Lawlor JA, Lowman HE, Muller‐Karger FE, Norman KEA, Nourn N, O'Hara CC, Ou SX, Padilla‐Gamino JL, Pappalardo P, Peek RA, Pelletier D, Plont S, Ponisio LC, Portales‐Reyes C, Provete DB, Raes EJ, Ramirez‐Reyes C, Ramos I, Record S, Richardson AJ, Salguero‐Gómez R, Satterthwaite EV, Schmidt C, Schwartz AJ, See CR, Shea BD, Smith RS, Sokol ER, Solomon CT, Spanbauer T, Stefanoudis PV, Sterner BW, Sudbrack V, Tonkin JD, Townes AR, Valle M, Walter JA, Wheeler KI, Wieder WR, Williams DR, Winter M, Winterova B, Woodall LC, Wymore AS, Youngflesh C. Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science. Ecosphere 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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- Benjamin S. Halpern
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California Santa Barbara California USA
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California Berkeley California USA
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- Department of Earth & Environment Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Environmental Science American University Washington District of Columbia USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California Berkeley California USA
- Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity University of California Berkeley California USA
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- School of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA
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- City University of New York Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center New York New York USA
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook New York USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior University of Minnesota St. Paul Minnesota USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz California USA
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- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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- Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Cornell University Ithaca New York USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca New York USA
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- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California Santa Barbara California USA
- Department of Biology York University Toronto Ontario Canada
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- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department Stanford University Pacific Grove California USA
- Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions Pacific Grove California USA
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science (CBCS) The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- Environmental Studies University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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- Environmental Studies Program and Department of Biology University of Oregon Eugene Oregon USA
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- Department of Ecology Evolution and Environmental Biology New York New York USA
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- Real Estate and Workplace Services Sustainability Team Google Inc. Mountain View California USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- Department of Biology University of Victoria Victoria British Columbia Canada
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- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA
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- Department of Biology University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- Core Science Systems Science Analytics and Synthesis U.S. Geological Survey, 8th and Kipling, Denver Federal Center Lakewood Colorado USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia USA
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- Center for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History New York New York USA
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- Estuary and Ocean Science Center, Biology Department San Francisco State University San Francisco California USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department Stanford University Pacific Grove California USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Colorado Boulder Colorado USA
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- Department of Physical Geography (IPG) Goethe‐Universität Frankfurt (Campus Riedberg) Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences UC Davis Davis California USA
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- Geography & Environmental Systems University of Maryland Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Geography UC Los Angeles Los Angeles California USA
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- Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA Seattle Washington USA
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- Department of Ocean Sciences University of California Santa Cruz California USA
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- School of Earth and Space Exploration Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA
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- Department of Geography and Earth Sciences University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte North Carolina USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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- Departments of Zoology and Botany University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Biology & Center for Computational and Integrative Biology Rutgers University Camden New Jersey USA
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- Department of Biology University of Nevada, Reno Reno Nevada USA
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- National Institute of Oceanography Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR) Haifa Israel
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- School of Human Evolution & Social Change Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA
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- Environmental Studies Program and Department of Biology University of Oregon Eugene Oregon USA
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- Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology & Wildlife University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks Alaska USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department Stanford University Pacific Grove California USA
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- Blandy Experimental Farm University of Virginia Boyce Virginia USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz California USA
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- School of Science Auckland University of Technology Auckland New Zealand
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- Division of Biological Sciences & Division of Plant Sciences University of Missouri Columbia Missouri USA
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- Vermont EPSCoR and Gund Institute for Environment University of Vermont Burlington Vermont USA
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- Department of Biology University of Hawai'i at Hilo Hilo Hawaii USA
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- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA
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- Department of Biology McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Institute of Environment Florida International University Miami Florida USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Royal Holloway University of London Surrey UK
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- Department of Biology McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science University of Nevada, Reno Reno Nevada USA
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- Département de sciences biologiques Université de Montréal Montréal Québec Canada
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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- Department of Biology Stanford University Stanford California USA
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- Marine Invasions Laboratory Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Tiburon California USA
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- Center for Watershed Sciences University of California Davis California USA
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- UMR DECOD, HALGO, Département Ressources Biologiques et Environnement Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer Lorient France
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- Department of Biological Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg Virginia USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology University of Oregon Eugene Oregon USA
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- Instituto de Biociências Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul Campo Grande Brazil
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- Minderoo Foundation, Flourishing Oceans Nedlands Western Australia Australia
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- Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) Mexico City Mexico
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- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology University of Maine Orono Maine USA
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- School of Mathematics and Physics University of Queensland St Lucia Queensland Australia
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- California Sea Grant Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego La Jolla California USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Colorado Boulder Colorado USA
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- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society Northern Arizona University Flagstaff Arizona USA
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia USA
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- Battelle, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Boulder Colorado USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences/Lake Erie Center University of Toledo Toledo Ohio USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- AZTI, Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) Sukarrieta Spain
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- Center for Watershed Sciences University of California Davis California USA
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- Department of Earth & Environment Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Terrestrial Sciences Section National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder Colorado USA
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- Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment University of Leeds Leeds UK
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment University of New Hampshire Durham New Hampshire USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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Cross MS, Oakes LE, Kretser HE, Bredehoft R, Dey P, Mahoney A, Smith N, Tator I, Wasseen J. Tackling the Science Usability Gap in a Warming World: Co-Producing Useable Climate Information for Natural Resource Management. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 70:881-895. [PMID: 36155837 PMCID: PMC9510579 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-022-01718-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Developing scientific information that is used in policy and practice has been a longstanding challenge in many sectors and disciplines, including climate change adaptation for natural resource management. One approach to address this problem encourages scientists and decision-makers to co-produce usable information collaboratively. Researchers have proposed general principles for climate science co-production, yet few studies have applied and evaluated these principles in practice. In this study, climate change researchers and natural resource managers co-produced climate-related knowledge that was directly relevant for on-going habitat management planning. We documented our methods and assessed how and to what extent the process led to the near-term use of co-produced information, while also identifying salient information needs for future research. The co-production process resulted in: 1) an updated natural resource management plan that substantially differed from the former plan in how it addressed climate change, 2) increased understanding of climate change, its impacts, and management responses among agency staff, and 3) a prioritized list of climate-related information needs that would be useful for management decision-making. We found that having a boundary spanner-an intermediary with relevant science and management expertise that enables exchange between knowledge producers and users-guide the co-production process was critical to achieving outcomes. Central to the boundary spanner's role were a range of characteristics and skills, such as knowledge of relevant science, familiarity with management issues, comfort translating science into practice, and an ability to facilitate climate-informed planning. By describing specific co-production methods and evaluating their effectiveness, we offer recommendations for others looking to co-produce climate change information to use in natural resource management planning and implementation.
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY, USA
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- Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY, USA
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- Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY, USA
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- Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY, USA
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Bridging landscape ecology and urban science to respond to the rising threat of mosquito-borne diseases. Nat Ecol Evol 2022; 6:1601-1616. [DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01876-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Reed J, Chervier C, Borah JR, Gumbo D, Moombe KB, Mbanga TM, O’Connor A, Siangulube F, Yanou M, Sunderland T. Co-producing theory of change to operationalize integrated landscape approaches. SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE 2022; 18:839-855. [PMID: 36119558 PMCID: PMC9465133 DOI: 10.1007/s11625-022-01190-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Integrated landscape approaches that engage diverse stakeholder groups in landscape governance are increasingly promoted to address linked social-ecological challenges in tropical landscapes. Recent research suggests that a transdisciplinary approach to landscape management can help identify common research needs, enhance knowledge co-production, guide evidence-based policy development, and harmonize cross-sectorial integration. Meanwhile, guiding principles for landscape approaches suggest that identifying common concerns and negotiating a process of change are fundamental to implementation and evaluation efforts. As such, the use of decision support tools such as theory of change models that build ordered sequences of actions towards a desired, and agreed, future state are increasingly advocated. However, the application of the theory of change concept to integrated landscape approaches is limited thus far, particularly within the scientific literature. Here, we address this gap by applying the principles of landscape approaches and knowledge co-production to co-produce a theory of change to address current unsustainable landscape management and associated conflicts in the Kalomo Hills Local Forest Reserve No. P.13 (KFR13) of Zambia. The participatory process engaged a diverse range of stakeholders including village head people, local and international researchers, district councillors, and civil society representatives amongst others. Several pathways, actions, and interventions were developed around the themes of deforestation, biodiversity and wildlife conservation, socio-economic development, access rights, and law enforcement. To make the theory of change actionable, participants identified a need for enhanced cross-sector and multi-level communication, capacity development, and improved governance, while a lack of commitment towards coordinated knowledge exchange and access to information along with poor policy formulation and weak enforcement of rules were among potential impediments to action. Use of theory of change can both inform evidence-based policy design (by revealing place-based challenges and proposing solutions) and support policy mechanisms that promote integration between state and non-state actors (by clarifying actor rights, roles and responsibilities). Co-developing a theory of change for integrated landscape management is inherently context specific, but the process and outcomes of this study should hold relevance across a range of contexts faced with sustainability challenges related to reconciling both conservation and development objectives.
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- James Reed
- Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
- School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, UK
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- Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
- Centre de Coopération International en Recherche Agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), Montpellier, France
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- Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Center for International Forestry Research, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
- Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
- Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
- Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Muhl EK, Armitage D, Silver J, Swerdfager T, Thorpe H. Indicators are Relational: Navigating Knowledge and Power in the Development and Implementation of Coastal-Marine Indicators. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 70:448-463. [PMID: 35616655 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-022-01670-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In many environment and resource management contexts (e.g., integrated coastal management, ecosystem-based fisheries management), indicator selection and development are perceived as a largely technical, bureaucratic, and scientific challenge. As such, choices about indicators and their application are often treated as external from everyday politics and dynamics of social power. Our aim here is to highlight the value of a relational perspective that weaves power and knowledge together in the context of indicator development and implementation. We highlight four critical dimensions of this relational perspective that may lead to better indicator process outcomes: 1) centering identity and positionality to reflect power differentials; 2) emphasizing the importance of indicator 'fit' and the politics of scale; 3) engaging rather than erasing social-ecological complexity; and 4) reflecting on social norms and relationships to foster adaptation and learning. These four dimensions are rarely considered in most indicator initiatives, including those that are more participatory in design and implementation. The dimensions we outline here emerge from the grounded experience of managers and practitioners, including indicator processes in which we are currently engaged, as well as a scoping review of the literature on indicators for coastal and marine governance and conservation specifically. However, the four dimensions and relational focus are relevant to a wide range of resource and environmental management contexts and provide a pathway to catalyze more effective indicator processes for decision-making and governance more generally.
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- E K Muhl
- School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
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- School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Parks Canada, Revelstoke, BC, Canada
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Singletary L, Koebele E, Evans W, Copp CJ, Hockaday S, Rego JJ. Evaluating stakeholder engagement in collaborative research: co-producing knowledge for climate resilience. SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH 2022; 4:235-249. [PMID: 36036019 PMCID: PMC9395777 DOI: 10.1007/s42532-022-00124-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This study describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an initial stakeholder engagement experience designed to facilitate knowledge co-production. The engagement experience is part of a collaborative research framework (CRF), which facilitates iterative interactions among diverse researchers and stakeholders around the topic of enhanced climate resilience. Here, we describe the: (1) need for and development of a CRF as it relates to stakeholder engagement and knowledge co-production; (2) implementation of the initial engagement experience, focused around individual semi-structured interviews, in the context of a snow-dependent, arid river basin where historical water over allocation, climate change, and diversified water uses challenge the basin’s resilience; and (3) formative evaluation of the engagement experience using an online survey to inform the development of more effective engagement practices. Results of the evaluation indicate that, after participating, most stakeholders understand and recognize the importance of research goals, demonstrate positive attitudes toward collaborative research and researchers, view their contribution of knowledge and expertise as critical to research, and perceive researchers as eager to use their expertise. Moreover, stakeholders emphasized various context-specific goals for knowledge co-production, such as finding innovative ways to adapt to increased competition for diminishing water supplies. To achieve these goals, stakeholders suggested researchers learn about their basin, including its water allocation history and agricultural practices. These results highlight the importance of centering stakeholder engagement experiences within a broader CRF and formatively evaluating such experiences to adapt them to achieve research goals.
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Lilleyman A, Millar G, Burn S, Fatt KH, Talbot A, Que‐Noy J, Dawson S, Williams B, Mummery A, Rolland S, Wilson S, Jacobson E, Smith BCD. Indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two‐way research collaboration. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Amanda Lilleyman
- Threatened Species Recovery Hub, National Environment Science Program, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive Casuarina Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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- Larrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory Australia
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van Rees CB, Naslund L, Hernandez-Abrams DD, McKay SK, Woodson CB, Rosemond A, McFall B, Altman S, Wenger SJ. A strategic monitoring approach for learning to improve natural infrastructure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 832:155078. [PMID: 35398422 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Natural infrastructure (NI) development, including ecosystem restoration, is an increasingly popular approach to leverage ecosystem services for sustainable development, climate resilience, and biodiversity conservation goals. Although implementation and planning for these tools is accelerating, there is a critical need for effective post-implementation monitoring to accumulate performance data and evidence for best practices. The complexity and longer time scales associated with NI, compounded by differing disciplinary definitions and concepts of monitoring necessitate a deliberate and strategic approach to monitoring that encompasses different timeframes and objectives. This paper outlines a typology of monitoring classes differentiated by temporal scale, purpose of data collection, the information benefits of monitoring, and the responsible party. Next, we provide a framework and practical guidelines for designing monitoring plans for NI around learning objectives. In particular, we emphasize conducting research and development monitoring, which provides scientifically rigorous evidence for methodological improvement beyond the project scale. Wherever feasible, and where NI tools are relatively new and untested, such monitoring should avoid wasted effort and ensure progress and refinement of methodology and practice over time. Finally, we propose institutional changes that would promote greater adoption of research and development monitoring to increase the evidence base for NI implementation at larger scales.
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- Charles B van Rees
- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
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- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center. Vicksburg, MS, United States
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- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center. Vicksburg, MS, United States
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- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center. Vicksburg, MS, United States
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- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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Hyman AA, Courtney SL, McNeal KS, Bialic‐Murphy L, Furiness CS, Eaton MJ, Armsworth PR. Distinct pathways to stakeholder use versus academic contribution in climate adaptation research. Conserv Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Amanda A. Hyman
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee
- Department of Biological Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee
- Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich Switzerland University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich Switzerland University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina
- Department of Applied Ecology North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee
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du Plessis NS, Rebelo AJ, Richardson DM, Esler KJ. Guiding restoration of riparian ecosystems degraded by plant invasions: Insights from a complex social-ecological system in the Global South. AMBIO 2022; 51:1552-1568. [PMID: 34962641 PMCID: PMC8713150 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01691-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Restoring riparian ecosystems in human-dominated landscapes requires attention to complexity, and consideration of diverse drivers, social actors, and contexts. Addressing a Global North bias, this case study uses a mixed-method approach, integrating historical data, remote sensing techniques and stakeholder perceptions to guide restoration of a river in the Western Cape, South Africa. An analysis of aerial photographs of the riparian zone from 1953 to 2016 revealed that although anthropogenic land conversion happened primarily before the 1950s, several land use and land cover classes showed marked increases in area, including: waterbodies (+ 1074%), urban areas (+ 316%), alien weeds (+ 311%) and terrestrial alien trees (+ 79%). These changes have likely been driven by land fragmentation, disturbance, and agricultural intensification. Stakeholder interviews revealed that despite the clear need for restoration, several barriers exist to successful implementation; these stem from inadequate financial resources, inappropriate funding models, institutional challenges, and a lack of techno-scientific knowledge. We give several recommendations to overcome these barriers.
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- Nicola S. du Plessis
- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602 South Africa
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- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602 South Africa
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602 South Africa
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602 South Africa
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- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602 South Africa
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602 South Africa
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Lawson AJ, Kalasz K, Runge MC, Schwarzer AC, Stantial ML, Woodrey M, Lyons JE. Application of qualitative value of information to prioritize uncertainties about eastern black rail population recovery. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Abigail J. Lawson
- U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge Laurel Maryland USA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Florida Ecological Services Field Office Gainesville Florida USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge Laurel Maryland USA
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Gainesville Florida USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge Laurel Maryland USA
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- Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Center Biloxi Mississippi USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge Laurel Maryland USA
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Vargas MT, Garcia M, Vidaurre T, Carrasco A, Araujo N, Medema C, Asquith N, Pynegar E, Tobon C, Manco Y, Ma Z, Bauchet J, Grillos T, McWherter B. The researcher–practitioner symbiosis: Evolving mutualisms from parachutes. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography Bangor University Bangor UK
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellín Colombia
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- Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana USA
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Development and Structural Organization of Mexico’s Mangrove Monitoring System (SMMM) as a Foundation for Conservation and Restoration Initiatives: A Hierarchical Approach. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13040621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mangroves provide ecosystem services worth billions of dollars worldwide. Although countries with extensive mangrove areas implemented management and conservation programs since the 1980s, the global area is still decreasing. To recuperate this lost area, both restoration and rehabilitation (R/R) projects have been implemented but with limited success, especially at spatial scales needed to restore functional properties. Monitoring mangroves at different spatial scales in the long term (decades) is critical to detect potential threats and select cost-effective management criteria and performance measures to improve R/R program success. Here, we analyze the origin, development, implementation, and outcomes of a country-level mangrove monitoring system in the Neotropics covering >9000 km2 over 15 years. The Mexico’s Mangrove Monitoring System (SMMM) considers a spatiotemporal hierarchical approach as a conceptual framework where remote sensing is a key component. We analyze the role of the SMMM’s remote sensing products as a “hub” of multi- and interdisciplinary ecological and social-ecological studies to develop national priorities and inform local and regional mangrove management decisions. We propose that the SMMM products, outcomes, and lessons learned can be used as a blueprint in other developing countries where cost-effective R/R projects are planned as part of mangrove protection, conservation, and management programs.
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Piczak ML, Brooks JL, Bard B, Bihun CJ, Howarth A, Jeanson AL, LaRochelle L, Bennett JR, Lapointe NWR, Mandrak NE, Cooke SJ. Revisiting the challenge: perspectives on Canada’s freshwater fisheries policies three decades after the Pearse Report. Facets (Ott) 2022. [DOI: 10.1139/facets-2021-0145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A seminal report by Peter H. Pearse (1988; Rising to the Challenge: A New Policy for Canada’s Freshwater Fisheries, Canadian Wildlife Federation, Ottawa) outlined 62 policy recommendations focused on the management of Canada’s inland fisheries. Over three decades later, freshwater ecosystems and inland fisheries in Canada are still facing similar challenges with many emerging ones that could not have been foreseen. Here, we reflect on the contemporary relevance of the Pearse Report and propose recommendations that policy makers should consider. Broadly, our recommendations are: (1) manage fishes, fisheries, and habitat using a holistic co-management framework, with clearly defined fishery jurisdictions and partnerships with Indigenous governments; (2) engage in transparent, inclusive, and agile research to support decision-making; (3) facilitate knowledge co-production, involving interdisciplinary projects with diverse groups of actors and sectors including Indigenous Peoples, anglers, policy makers, scientists/researchers, governments, and the public; (4) embrace technological advances to support freshwater fisheries stock assessment and management; and (5) align policy and management activities in Canada with global initiatives related to increasing the sustainability of inland fisheries. We advocate for an updated comprehensive report such as the Pearse Report to ensure that we embrace robust, inclusive, and sustainable management strategies and policies for Canada’s inland fisheries for the next 30 years. It is time to again rise to the challenge.
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- Morgan L. Piczak
- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
- Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
- Canadian Wildlife Federation, Ottawa, ON K2M 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Biological Science, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E6, Canada
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Febria C, Donaldson C, Ives J, Keeshig K. Pluralistic approaches in research aim to advance farming and freshwater restoration in the Great Lakes basin. ADV ECOL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2022.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Crausbay SD, Sofaer HR, Cravens AE, Chaffin BC, Clifford KR, Gross JE, Knapp CN, Lawrence DJ, Magness DR, Miller-Rushing AJ, Schuurman GW, Stevens-Rumann CS. A Science Agenda to Inform Natural Resource Management Decisions in an Era of Ecological Transformation. Bioscience 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Earth is experiencing widespread ecological transformation in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems that is attributable to directional environmental changes, especially intensifying climate change. To better steward ecosystems facing unprecedented and lasting change, a new management paradigm is forming, supported by a decision-oriented framework that presents three distinct management choices: resist, accept, or direct the ecological trajectory. To make these choices strategically, managers seek to understand the nature of the transformation that could occur if change is accepted while identifying opportunities to intervene to resist or direct change. In this article, we seek to inspire a research agenda for transformation science that is focused on ecological and social science and based on five central questions that align with the resist–accept–direct (RAD) framework. Development of transformation science is needed to apply the RAD framework and support natural resource management and conservation on our rapidly changing planet.
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- Shelley D Crausbay
- Conservation Science Partners, Fort Collins, Colorado, and is a consortium partner for the US Geological Survey's North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, Boulder, Colorado, United States
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- US Geological Survey Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i, United States
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- US Geological Survey's Social and Economic Analysis Branch, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- US Geological Survey's Social and Economic Analysis Branch, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- US National Park Service Climate Change Response Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- US National Park Service Climate Change Response Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Soldotna, Alaska, United States
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- US National Park Service Climate Change Response Program, in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Department and assistant director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Wilmer H, Meadow AM, Brymer AB, Carroll SR, Ferguson DB, Garba I, Greene C, Owen G, Peck DE. Expanded Ethical Principles for Research Partnership and Transdisciplinary Natural Resource Management Science. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 68:453-467. [PMID: 34324013 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-021-01508-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Natural resource researchers have long recognized the value of working closely with the managers and communities who depend on, steward, and impact ecosystems. These partnerships take various forms, including co-production and transdisciplinary research approaches, which integrate multiple knowledges in the design and implementation of research objectives, questions, methods, and desired outputs or outcomes. These collaborations raise important methodological and ethical challenges, because partnering with non-scientists can have real-world risks for people and ecosystems. The social sciences and biomedical research studies offer a suite of conceptual tools that enhance the quality, ethical outcomes, and effectiveness of research partnerships. For example, the ethical guidelines and regulations for human subjects research, following the Belmont Principles, help prevent harm and promote respectful treatment of research participants. However, science-management partnerships require an expanded set of ethical concepts to better capture the challenges of working with individuals, communities, organizations, and their associated ecosystems, as partners, rather than research subjects. We draw from our experiences in collaborative teams, and build upon the existing work of natural resources, environmental health, conservation and ecology, social science, and humanities scholars, to develop an expanded framework for ethical research partnership. This includes four principles: (1) appropriate representation, (2) self-determination, (3) reciprocity, and (4) deference, and two cross-cutting themes: (1) applications to humans and non-human actors, and (2) acquiring appropriate research skills. This framework is meant to stimulate important conversations about expanding ethics training and skills for researchers in all career-stages to improve partnerships and transdisciplinary natural resources research.
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- Hailey Wilmer
- USDA-ARS Sheep Production Efficiency Research, Dubois, ID, USA.
- Formerly US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Juneau, AK, USA.
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- Arizona Institutes for Resilience, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- College of Public Health and Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- College of Public Health and Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Climate Assessment for the Southwest, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Climate Assessment for the Southwest, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Northern Plains Climate Hub, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Jones CM, Jones S, Petrasova A, Petras V, Gaydos D, Skrip MM, Takeuchi Y, Bigsby K, Meentemeyer RK. Iteratively forecasting biological invasions with PoPS and a little help from our friends. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 2021; 19:411-418. [PMID: 34588928 PMCID: PMC8453564 DOI: 10.1002/fee.2357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Ecological forecasting has vast potential to support environmental decision making with repeated, testable predictions across management-relevant timescales and locations. Yet resource managers rarely use co-designed forecasting systems or embed them in decision making. Although prediction of planned management outcomes is particularly important for biological invasions to optimize when and where resources should be allocated, spatial-temporal models of spread typically have not been openly shared, iteratively updated, or interactive to facilitate exploration of management actions. We describe a species-agnostic, open-source framework - called the Pest or Pathogen Spread (PoPS) Forecasting Platform - for co-designing near-term iterative forecasts of biological invasions. Two case studies are presented to demonstrate that iterative calibration yields higher forecast skill than using only the earliest-available data to predict future spread. The PoPS framework is a primary example of an ecological forecasting system that has been both scientifically improved and optimized for real-world decision making through sustained participation and use by management stakeholders.
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- Chris M Jones
- Center for Geospatial AnalyticsNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNC
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- Center for Geospatial AnalyticsNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNC
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- Center for Geospatial AnalyticsNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNC
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- Center for Geospatial AnalyticsNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNC
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- Center for Geospatial AnalyticsNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNC
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)US Department of Agriculture (USDA)RiverdaleMD
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- Center for Geospatial AnalyticsNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNC
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- Center for Integrated Pest ManagementNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNC
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- Center for Geospatial AnalyticsNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNC
- Department of Forestry and Environmental ResourcesNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNC
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The Collaborative Process in Environmental Projects, a Place-Based Coevolution Perspective. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13158526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Environmental research and management organizations are mutually dependent when it comes to produce and use knowledge in favor of responsible action in an increasingly uncertain world. Still, science and practice interfacing remains a challenge when it comes to implementing and sustaining a collaborative process. In this paper, we develop a descriptive framework to study the coevolution of scientific and planning activities embedded in a territorial system. Scientists and managers dynamically interact through institutional arrangements, operationalization of knowledge and information and communication tools. We propose an approach to systematically document transdisciplinary pathways and characterize the bounding process between organizations on a typical case-study, the coastal Thau territoire (Mediterranean Sea, France). By tracing, illustrating and analyzing coupled trajectories of environmental sciences and planning for the last decades, the Systemic Timeline Multistep methodology tackles cross-fertilization mechanisms. The relational analysis draws on the elaboration of a synchronic timeline to question co-evolution and grasp causal mechanisms of research projects interactions with management pathways. Its application on the Thau territoire shows that scientific activities and public actions shaped each other in a continuous process of interaction. It also gives insights into the contributive roles of long-term place-based research and intermediate organizations for the emergence of new sociotechnical arrangements.
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Gornish ES, McCormick M, Begay M, Nsikani MM. Sharing knowledge to improve ecological restoration outcomes. Restor Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/rec.13417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Elise S. Gornish
- School of Natural Resources and the Environment University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85711, U.S.A
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- U.S. Geological Survey Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, U.S.A
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- School of Natural Resources and the Environment University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85711, U.S.A
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute Kirstenbosch Research Centre Claremont South Africa
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1 Matieland 7602 South Africa
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Caves K, Lueling S. Research and the real world: Analyzing the short- and long-term impact of knowledge transfer. RESEARCH EVALUATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvab014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Knowledge exchange interventions are an important driver of research impact. This study examines 5 years of intensive knowledge-exchange ‘reform labs’ in the field of education policy. Using qualitative analysis and a regression analysis approach applied to rich case data and quantitative results, we find that the reform labs have a significant impact on both participants and their reform projects in the short-term immediately after the event and in the medium term up to 5 years later. We also find evidence that the impact on individuals and projects drives broader social impact. We take a holistic approach to the knowledge brokerage of designing the reform labs and find that across contexts and project phases, but highly costly. In comparing the reform labs to best practices identified in the literature, we find evidence that knowledge exchange interventions of longer duration, with case-focused teamwork, and involving intensive researcher–participant interaction are more impactful. Additionally, we observe that diverse participants can drive impact and their needs must be considered.
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- Katherine Caves
- Chair of Education Systems, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (MTEC)Leonhardstrasse 77, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Chair of Education Systems, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (MTEC)Leonhardstrasse 77, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Johnson N, Druckenmiller ML, Danielsen F, Pulsifer PL. The Use of Digital Platforms for Community-Based Monitoring. Bioscience 2021; 71:452-466. [PMID: 33986630 PMCID: PMC8106997 DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Environmental observing programs that are based on Indigenous and local knowledge increasingly use digital technologies. Digital platforms may improve data management in community-based monitoring (CBM) programs, but little is known about how their use translates into tangible results. Drawing on published literature and a survey of 18 platforms, we examine why and how digital platforms are used in CBM programs and illuminate potential challenges and opportunities. Digital platforms make it easy to collect, archive, and share CBM data, facilitate data use, and support understanding larger-scale environmental patterns through interlinking with other platforms. Digital platforms, however, also introduce new challenges, with implications for the sustainability of CBM programs and communities’ abilities to maintain control of their own data. We expect that increased data access and strengthened technical capacity will create further demand within many communities for ethically developed platforms that aid in both local and larger-scale decision-making.
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- Noor Johnson
- Cooperative Institute in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
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- Cooperative Institute in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
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- Nordic Foundation for Development and Ecology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- director of the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Singh RK, Singh A, Zander KK, Mathew S, Kumar A. Measuring successful processes of knowledge co-production for managing climate change and associated environmental stressors: Adaptation policies and practices to support Indian farmers. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 282:111679. [PMID: 33423843 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Poor access to external resources, and a lack of affordable technologies compatible with socio-economic and ecological settings of rural livelihoods lead to high vulnerability of subsistence farmers to climate change and associated environmental stressors. Traditional knowledge (TK) plays a pivotal role in improving the adaptive capacity of such farmers to cope with these stressors. In India, most of the policies aiming to improve farmers' adaptive capacity are based on a top-down approach and barely consider farmers' TK. Policies can be made more inclusive by mainstreaming stakeholders' perspectives, an approach termed as knowledge co-production. Our study uses a knowledge co-production framework to (i) assess the current state of emphasis on TK and knowledge co-production processes in Indian policies on agricultural adaptation to climate change and associated environmental stressors, (ii) understand the status of TK-led knowledge co-production at the practice level, and (iii) assess the successes and gaps in incorporating TK in agricultural adaptation at the policy and practice levels to manage these stressors. Based on a systematic literature review, we found that despite emphasis on integration of TK, no Indian policy was successful in terms of stakeholder participation and in covering various dimensions of knowledge co-production. Most of the policies covered either two (knowledge gathering and application) or three (gathering, integration and application) dimensions. The term TK was also not clearly defined and it was unclear how to mainstream it into the process for successful outcomes. Co-production process was adjudged to be fairly successful at the practice level in some of the sectors (e.g., management of soil and water resources) where most of the dimensions were covered and stakeholders participated in various steps of co-production. There were significant differences in the success of co-production within (e.g., crop varieties) and between (e.g., crop and natural resource management) the sectors. We found a considerable gap at policy and practice levels on success of knowledge co-production. Insights from the study could help policy-makers to improve policies for the agricultural sector to better adapt to climate change and associated environmental stressors through the recognition and integration of farmers' TK.
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- Ranjay K Singh
- Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
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- ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
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- Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia.
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia.
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- ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
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Hölscher K, Wittmayer JM, Hirschnitz-Garbers M, Olfert A, Walther J, Schiller G, Brunnow B. Transforming science and society? Methodological lessons from and for transformation research. RESEARCH EVALUATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvaa034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Transformation research has in the past years emerged as a shared lens to study and support radical societal change towards sustainability. Given the nascent and exploratory—yet highly normative and ambitious—character of transformation research, we aim to enhance the understanding of transformation research: when do research designs qualify as transformation research, what is needed for putting transformation research into practice, and what are results? To this end, we develop a framework that identifies criteria for designing and reflecting on research results, design and processes as transformation research. We employ this framework to reflect on our work in a research project that was designed in the spirit of transformation research: The TRAFIS (Transformations towards resource-conserving and climate-resilient coupled infrastructures) project sought to understand and support the development of innovative coupled infrastructures to mobilize their critical role in achieving sustainability transformations. Our results yield lessons and recommendations about what transformation research looks like in practice and how it can be strengthened, focussing on 1, redefining and re-valuing research for societal impact; 2, redesigning research to integrate perspectives on radical societal change; and 3, re-equipping researchers and research partners for social learning. We conclude that while transformation research already contributes to framing and generating knowledge about real-world sustainability challenges, its transformative impact is still limited. Practicing transformation research requires far-reaching changes in the science system, but also continuous reflection about legitimacy, power relations, and impacts.
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- Katharina Hölscher
- Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Mandeville Building, 16th floor, Burgmeester Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam 3062 PA, The Netherlands
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- Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Mandeville Building, 16th floor, Burgmeester Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam 3062 PA, The Netherlands
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- Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden 01217, Germany
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- Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus-Senftenberg, Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden 01217, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden 01217, Germany
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Self and Place Constructs in Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: Gaps and Recommendations. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13052990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In the United States, climate change vulnerability assessments are usually conceived as objectified exercises, based on theoretical orientations such as rational choice or systems theory. They adopt sectorial or population-level frames of reference and are operationalized by means of aggregating mathematical models, geospatial analytical platforms, and advanced visualization tools. While vulnerability assessments are intended to inform decision making, they often lack process-based mechanisms that enable them to be framed in terms of localized knowledge and perspectives. This is a weakness because occupant attitudes regarding places can spark unyieldingly negative reactions to expert-generated, objectivist vulnerability assessment processes and their outputs. In this paper, I attempt to demonstrate the salience of self and place constructs and explore the implications of their tendency to block serious reflection about the nature of potential vulnerabilities and risk management interventions. If acknowledged and addressed in a manner that is empathetic and context sensitive, it may be possible to channel these perspectives to elevate and deepen dialog about climate change and help to identify and compile circumstantially appropriate menus of adaptation policy interventions.
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Stern MJ, Briske DD, Meadow AM. Opening learning spaces to create actionable knowledge for conservation. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Marc J. Stern
- Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA
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- Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA
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- Arizona Institutes for Resilience University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA
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Thinking Big and Thinking Small: A Conceptual Framework for Best Practices in Community and Stakeholder Engagement in Food, Energy, and Water Systems. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13042160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Community and stakeholder engagement is increasingly recognized as essential to science at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) to address complex issues surrounding food and energy production and water provision for society. Yet no comprehensive framework exists for supporting best practices in community and stakeholder engagement for FEWS. A review and meta-synthesis were undertaken of a broad range of existing models, frameworks, and toolkits for community and stakeholder engagement. A framework is proposed that comprises situational awareness of the FEWS place or problem, creation of a suitable culture for engagement, focus on power-sharing in the engagement process, co-ownership, co-generation of knowledge and outcomes, the technical process of integration, the monitoring processes of reflective and reflexive experiences, and formative evaluation. The framework is discussed as a scaffolding for supporting the development and application of best practices in community and stakeholder engagement in ways that are arguably essential for sound FEWS science and sustainable management.
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Co-Producing Knowledge Innovation through Thematic Incubators for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development in India. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13042044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The private sector for long has been looked upon as a funding source to cushion the disaster and climate change damages and losses. In recent times, there is a more proactive approach with the private sector increasingly engaging in activities to promote Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a part of their business strategies. Despite significant strides being made by the private sector in this regard, the strategies that are good for the business, environment, and sustainability are yet to take off at a large-scale. Many private organizations are still facing the challenge of identifying the right target sector and stakeholders for fulfilling their sustainability requirements. However, the greatest strength of the private sector is its ability to innovate. As part of this innovative design, the concept of thematic incubation for corporate sustainability is explored. The products and services developed through these thematic incubators are envisaged to result in the achievement of global development agendas and promotion of sustainability performance for multiple stakeholders including government, academia, private sector, and the community at large. This concept allows a win-win situation with the culmination of long-lasting social and environmental goals along-with achieving profit-with-purpose. The paper identifies the concept of sustainability with respect to the interest of the stakeholders, as well as its alignment with that of sustainable development and disaster risk reduction. The paper presents an exploratory case of the thematic incubation for disaster risk reduction, climate change, and sustainable development as a possible approach to corporate sustainability. The paper details the process of thematic incubation along with possible challenges and advantages of the same. In all, thematic incubation has been identified as a lynchpin to ensure the effective utilization of resources and setting in motion a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, use of science, and sustainability at the local level.
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McGrath D, Plummer R, Bowen A. Cultivating our urban forest future: a value-chain perspective. Facets (Ott) 2021. [DOI: 10.1139/facets-2021-0076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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For cities to grow their urban forest canopy the formula appears rather straightforward: the right trees, plus the right conditions, plus the right care equals success. These simplified “tree chain of custody” steps, however, represent activities within a complex value-chain in Canada. Given that there is heightened demand for urban tree planting as natural climate solutions become the norm, how can we prepare the value-chain to meet these demands? To answer this question, we outline the pathways by which trees presently go from nurseries into urban and peri-urban areas. Delineating the actors, roles, and present barriers to success exposes the complexity of the process and relationships in the value-chain, as there are distinct phases with multiple actor groups involved who influence, and are influenced, by one another. We explore the issues that pose prominent challenges to, as well as opportunities for, the value-chain. Emergent themes include communication, forecasting demand and timing, underpricing and undervaluing tree establishment, lack of awareness on the importance of soils, juvenile tree health, species selection, and gaps in evidence-based decision support tools. The touchstones of science and innovation, collaboration, and knowledge mobilization are pertinent for the value-chain in Canada to draw upon to navigate the future.
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- Darby McGrath
- Environmental Horticulture, Vineland Research & Innovation Centre, 4890 Victoria Avenue North, Box 400, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
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- Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Consumer Insights, Vineland Research & Innovation Centre, 4890 Victoria Avenue North, Box 400, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
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Dale VH, Kline KL, Lopez-Ridaura S, Eichler SE, Ortiz-Monasterio I, Ramirez LF. Towards more sustainable agricultural landscapes: Lessons from Northwestern Mexico and the Western Highlands of Guatemala. FUTURES 2020; 124:102647. [PMID: 33082598 PMCID: PMC7560499 DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2020.102647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A systematic process for assessing progress toward landscape sustainability goals is developed and tested. Application of the approach builds capacity and promotes continual improvements in management practices, thus enabling timely action to address changing conditions while progressing toward locally defined goals. We consider how the approach applies to agricultural landscapes, that is farm ecosystem interactions with the environment and human well-being. We present lessons learned from applying the assessment approach in two contrasting situations: large, high-input, commercial agriculture in northwestern Mexico and small, low-input family farms in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Applying the approach reveals five attributes required for success and the means to achieve those conditions. (1) Having a capable local champion for the project is critical. (2) Implementation of the approach must be in concert with local people and organizations as well as with regional and national policies and programs. (3) Identification and engagement of key stakeholders is essential. (4) Application of the approach is not meant to be a one-time effort but rather an ongoing and systematic process. (5) Engagement and buy-in from stakeholders including multiple agency levels is essential for allocation of necessary resources and logistic support in the continuing implementation of the approach.
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- Virginia H Dale
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-1610, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830-6036, USA
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera Mexico-Veracruz Km. 45, El Batan, Texcoco, C.P. 56237, Mexico
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- Dept. Biological Sciences, Kent State University, 2491 St. Rt. 45 South, Salem, OH, 44460, USA
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Bowser G, Cid CR. Integrating environmental justice into applied ecology research: Somebody else's problem? ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2020; 30:e02250. [PMID: 33170978 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Environmental injustice can be expressed through lack of access to resources, unequal exposure to toxins, and limited access to knowledge about the unsustainable environmental practices that impact communities (Bullard 2018). The ecological processes that contribute to the "perfect storm" of conditions that create environmental injustices are well documented in applied ecology scholarship; yet the human dimension or the co-production of research on those impacts seem to fall into the range of "somebody else's problem." In a literature review of the last 15 years of research published in the Ecological Society of America's family of journals, we explored the intersections of environmental processes and social justice issues, searching for themes, gaps, and opportunities. The resultant is a collection of articles on environmental justice topics that includes issues on access to resources and unequal exposure to environmental hazards and pollutants. This collection highlights gaps in the integration of natural science with social justice topics along with the need for stronger integration of interdisciplinary knowledge that is co-produced with community stakeholders and researchers to build a robust interdisciplinary field of climate justice and global environmental sustainability.
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- Gillian Bowser
- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523, USA
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- School of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut, 06226, USA
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Mbachu CO, Clara Agu I, Onwujekwe O. Collaborating to co-produce strategies for delivering adolescent sexual and reproductive health interventions: processes and experiences from an implementation research project in Nigeria. Health Policy Plan 2020; 35:ii84-ii97. [PMID: 33156942 PMCID: PMC7646732 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czaa130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Implementation science embraces collaboration between academic researchers and key stakeholders/implementers for the dual purpose of capacity building and context-adaptation. Co-production ensures that knowledge created with inputs from various groups of stakeholders is more reflective of local contexts. This paper highlights the experiences of academic researchers and non-academic implementers in collaborating to design implementation strategies for improving access to sexual and reproductive information and services for adolescents. Data were collected through primary and secondary sources. Detailed review of project documents such as minutes of research meetings, reports of workshops and outputs of group work activities enabled detailed description of the processes and steps of co-designing implementation strategies. Information on experiences and perspectives of benefits of the collaborative were collected through in-depth interviews of non-academic partners and focus group discussion with academic researchers. Narrative synthesis was done for information extracted through document review. Thematic analysis of qualitative interviews was done. The process of designing implementation strategies happened in three chronological steps of setting up the collaborative, selecting intervention areas and convening partners’ meetings to design strategies. Specific activities include stakeholder engagement, situation analysis, selection of intervention areas, designing the implementation strategies and pre-testing implementation tools. The process of analysing and selecting collaborators was iterative, and facilitated by having an ‘insider’ key informant. Working with key stakeholders enabled knowledge sharing and exchange among partners. Information sharing within the collaborative facilitated shifting of mindsets about adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and contextual adaptation of names and labels given to strategies. Co-producing implementation strategies with non-academic implementers enabled stakeholder ownership of implementation strategies and set the scene for their adoption in implementation settings. Some challenges of co-production of knowledge are that it is time consuming; involves several iterations that may influence coherence of strategies; involves multiple interests and priorities and poses a threat to fidelity.
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- Department of Community Medicine, University of Nigeria.,Health Policy Research Group.,Department of Health Administration and Management, University of Nigeria
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Deloso BE, Marler TE. Bi-Pinnate Compound Serianthes nelsonii Leaf-Level Plasticity Magnifies Leaflet-Level Plasticity. BIOLOGY 2020; 9:E333. [PMID: 33066001 PMCID: PMC7600808 DOI: 10.3390/biology9100333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Numerous leaf traits exhibit developmental plasticity in response to irradiance, an attribute that maximizes performance in the prevailing light. The use of leaflets to represent whole leaf traits of tree species with compound leaves is common in the acclimation literature. These methods ignore the potential for whole leaf plasticity to augment leaflet plasticity. We grew Serianthes nelsonii plants in incident light ranging from 6% to 100% of sunlight and quantified numerous leaflet and leaf traits to determine plasticity index (PI: (maximum-minimum)/maximum)) of each. Leaflet acclimation such as changes in length of palisade mesophyll occurred as expected. However, leaf-level morphometric traits such as rachillae insertion angle also exhibited acclimation potential. The leaf-level plastic behavior enabled acclimation approaches that simple-leaved species do not possess. We illuminate the need to look at the entire leaf when quantifying acclimation potential of tree leaves, and indicate that the historical use of leaflets to represent species with compound leaves under-estimated the acclimation potential when compared to species with simple leaves.
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- Western Pacific Tropical Research Center, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA;
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Co-producing research with academics and industry to create a more resilient UK water sector. RESEARCH FOR ALL 2020. [DOI: 10.14324/rfa.04.2.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Societal, economic and environmental impact generated by academic research is a key focus of publicly funded research in the UK. Drawing on experiences from the Safe & SuRe project, a five-year research project that was co-produced with industry, this paper explores the challenges, learnings and benefits of co-producing research with academics and practitioners to create a more resilient UK water sector. Three aspects of the project are explored in detail: the use of a steering group, co-developing research intensively with a water company, and co-dissemination industry-facing events. Emerging themes include: (1) benefits of the industry steering group to develop working relationships and trust among the group; (2) increased dialogue and sharing of information between industry and academics going beyond the one-way communication more commonly reported by STEM academics; and (3) the value of co-disseminating research to maintain and engage new connections and spark new research questions.
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Di Franco A, Hogg KE, Calò A, Bennett NJ, Sévin-Allouet MA, Esparza Alaminos O, Lang M, Koutsoubas D, Prvan M, Santarossa L, Niccolini F, Milazzo M, Guidetti P. Improving marine protected area governance through collaboration and co-production. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 269:110757. [PMID: 32560987 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) socio-ecological effectiveness depends on a number of management and governance elements, among which stakeholder engagement and community support play key roles. Collaborative conservation initiatives that engage stakeholders in action research and knowledge co-production processes can enhance management and governance of MPAs. To design effective strategies aimed at reconciling biodiversity conservation and management of sustainable human uses, it is key to assess how local communities respond to such initiatives and identify the set of contextual factors, institutional, local and individual, potentially affecting these responses. This paper presents the approach and results of one such initiative, spanning 6 EU countries and 11 MPAs in the Mediterranean Sea, focusing on small-scale fishers as key MPA users. Through a collaborative project, managers and fishers agreed upon specific governance interventions (e.g. increasing stakeholder engagement, engaging fishers in monitoring activities, reducing fishing efforts) to be implemented in each MPA for one year. Structured surveys queried: MPA managers on the MPA context, governance structure, feasibility and effectiveness of the tested interventions; and small-scale fishers on their perceptions of the impact of the tested interventions on a set of 9 socio-ecological variables (e.g. amount of fish caught, level of participation in decision-making, support for the MPA). Results revealed that the interventions tested were relatively feasible, effective and cost-effective. Fishers reported positive perceptions of the interventions for the 9 variables considered, especially for level of support for the MPA and for those associated with aspects of governance. Proportional odds models highlighted perceived effects are maximized under certain institutional, local and individual circumstances (e.g. old MPAs, small fisher communities, and fishers with a high proportion of income from fisheries). Findings highlight that employing good governance processes involving stakeholders may rapidly generate improved local support for conservation and provide insights for potential leverage points upon which to act to maximize perceived effectiveness and enhance support toward MPAs.
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- Antonio Di Franco
- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Sicily, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt), 90149, Palermo, Italy; ECOSEAS Lab. UMR 7035, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Parc Valrose 28, Avenue Valrose, 06108, Nice, France.
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- IUCN Center for Mediterranean Cooperation, C/Marie Curie 22, Campanillas, 29590, Málaga, Spain; Kate Hogg Consulting, Via Giosue Carducci, Palermo, Italy.
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- ECOSEAS Lab. UMR 7035, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Parc Valrose 28, Avenue Valrose, 06108, Nice, France; Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università di Palermo, Via Archirafi 20, 90123, Palermo, Italy.
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- ECOSEAS Lab. UMR 7035, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Parc Valrose 28, Avenue Valrose, 06108, Nice, France; Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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- Department of Marine Sciences, School of Environment, University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Greece
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- Department of Economics and Management, University of Pisa, Via Ridolfi, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università di Palermo, Via Archirafi 20, 90123, Palermo, Italy; CoNiSMa (Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare), P.le Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy.
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- ECOSEAS Lab. UMR 7035, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Parc Valrose 28, Avenue Valrose, 06108, Nice, France; CoNiSMa (Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare), P.le Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy; Stazione Zoologica 'A. Dohrn' di Napoli, Villa Comunale, 80121, Naples, Italy.
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Kumar P, Debele SE, Sahani J, Aragão L, Barisani F, Basu B, Bucchignani E, Charizopoulos N, Di Sabatino S, Domeneghetti A, Edo AS, Finér L, Gallotti G, Juch S, Leo LS, Loupis M, Mickovski SB, Panga D, Pavlova I, Pilla F, Prats AL, Renaud FG, Rutzinger M, Basu AS, Shah MAR, Soini K, Stefanopoulou M, Toth E, Ukonmaanaho L, Vranic S, Zieher T. Towards an operationalisation of nature-based solutions for natural hazards. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 731:138855. [PMID: 32413653 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are being promoted as adaptive measures against predicted increasing hydrometeorological hazards (HMHs), such as heatwaves and floods which have already caused significant loss of life and economic damage across the globe. However, the underpinning factors such as policy framework, end-users' interests and participation for NBS design and operationalisation are yet to be established. We discuss the operationalisation and implementation processes of NBS by means of a novel concept of Open-Air Laboratories (OAL) for its wider acceptance. The design and implementation of environmentally, economically, technically and socio-culturally sustainable NBS require inter- and transdisciplinary approaches which could be achieved by fostering co-creation processes by engaging stakeholders across various sectors and levels, inspiring more effective use of skills, diverse knowledge, manpower and resources, and connecting and harmonising the adaptation aims. The OAL serves as a benchmark for NBS upscaling, replication and exploitation in policy-making process through monitoring by field measurement, evaluation by key performance indicators and building solid evidence on their short- and long-term multiple benefits in different climatic, environmental and socio-economic conditions, thereby alleviating the challenges of political resistance, financial barriers and lack of knowledge. We conclude that holistic management of HMHs by effective use of NBS can be achieved with standard compliant data for replicating and monitoring NBS in OALs, knowledge about policy silos and interaction between research communities and end-users. Further research is needed for multi-risk analysis of HMHs and inclusion of NBS into policy frameworks, adaptable at local, regional and national scales leading to modification in the prevalent guidelines related to HMHs. The findings of this work can be used for developing synergies between current policy frameworks, scientific research and practical implementation of NBS in Europe and beyond for its wider acceptance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Prashant Kumar
- Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom; Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
| | - Jeetendra Sahani
- Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
| | - Leonardo Aragão
- Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | | | - Bidroha Basu
- Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; School of Architecture Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Dublin D14 E099, Ireland
| | | | - Nikos Charizopoulos
- Agricultural University of Athens, Laboratory of Mineralogy-Geology, Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens, Greece; Region of Sterea Ellada, Kalivion 2, 351 32 Lamia, Greece
| | - Silvana Di Sabatino
- Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Alessio Domeneghetti
- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | | | - Leena Finér
- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
| | - Glauco Gallotti
- Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Sanne Juch
- Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction, Natural Sciences Sector, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Paris Headquarters, 75007 Paris, France
| | - Laura S Leo
- Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Michael Loupis
- Innovative Technologies Centre, Alketou 25, Athens 11633, Greece; National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Psachna 34400, Greece
| | - Slobodan B Mickovski
- Built Environment Asset Management Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA, United Kingdom
| | - Depy Panga
- Innovative Technologies Centre, Alketou 25, Athens 11633, Greece
| | - Irina Pavlova
- Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction, Natural Sciences Sector, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Paris Headquarters, 75007 Paris, France
| | - Francesco Pilla
- School of Architecture Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Dublin D14 E099, Ireland
| | | | - Fabrice G Renaud
- School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus, DG1 4ZL, United Kingdom
| | - Martin Rutzinger
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Technikerstr. 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Arunima Sarkar Basu
- School of Architecture Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Dublin D14 E099, Ireland
| | | | - Katriina Soini
- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
| | | | - Elena Toth
- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Liisa Ukonmaanaho
- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
| | - Sasa Vranic
- KAJO s.r.o, Sladkovicova 228/8, 01401 Bytca, Slovakia
| | - Thomas Zieher
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Technikerstr. 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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